BALTIMORE, MD.- Baltimore-based planning, architecture, graphics and design firm Development Design Group Inc. (DDG) has been awarded the position of planner and design architect for the retail centerpiece of the landmark Tianjin City Culture Center De…
Park Avenue Armory to Present Tune-In Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY.- As part of its first full artistic season, Park Avenue Armory will launch the Tune-In Music Festival February 16-20, 2011, a contemporary music festival bringing together some of today’s leading new music performers and re-establishing t…
In Its Inaugural Year, artMRKT San Francisco, Aims to Be a Premiere International Art Fair
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- artMRKT San Francisco will be a premiere International Art Fair devoted to the presentation of important artwork from the 20th and 21st centuries with a focus on San Francisco galleries and artists. In its inaugural year, the show w…
California Warehouse Fire Began in Neil Young’s Car
SAN CARLOS (AP).- A fire at a San Francisco Bay area warehouse where singer-songwriter Neil Young stored memorabilia started in a vintage car the singer had converted into a hybrid vehicle in a much publicized project to promote fuel-efficiency, author…
Ground Broken on Frank Gehry’s $81 Million Underground Utility Space at Philadelphia Art Museum
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- It’s not typical for a loading dock to be the celebrated subject of a groundbreaking ceremony, but Frank Gehry is not your typical architect. Gehry joined more than 100 dignitaries, philanthropists and art aficionados Tuesday at th…
Chrysler Museum to Open $7.5-Million Glass Studio
NORFOLK, VA.- The Chrysler Museum of Art announced it will open the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio in 2011. The addition of the Glass Studio enhances the Museum’s stature as one of the top three museums in the United States with an art glass focus. …
Maryhill Museum of Art Announces Plans for First Expansion in 70-Year History
GOLDENDALE, WA.- The Board of Trustees of Maryhill Museum of Art announced plans for a $10 million expansion project to be completed by March 2012. The new 25,500 square foot Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing, designed by GBD Architects of Portland, will a…
Maryhill Museum of Art Announces Plans for First Expansion in 70-Year History
GOLDENDALE, WA.- The Board of Trustees of Maryhill Museum of Art announced plans for a $10 million expansion project to be completed by March 2012. The new 25,500 square foot Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing, designed by GBD Architects of Portland, will a…
Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico to Open LACMA’s New Resnick Exhibition Pavilion
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will present a major exhibition to debut its new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion. The Resnick Pavilion will open to the public in October 2010 with Olmec: Masterworks of Ancie…
Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico to Open LACMA’s New Resnick Exhibition Pavilion
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will present a major exhibition to debut its new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion. The Resnick Pavilion will open to the public in October 2010 with Olmec: Masterworks of Ancie…